2012 News Archives
May 2012
Rock the Bells Tour announces line-up (Rolling Stone, May 16)
Duck Dunn of Booker T. & the MGs dies at 70 (Washington Post/AP, May 13)
Balfour guilty in Hudson slayings (CBS News, May 10)
Against Me singer announces hes transgender (Rolling Stone, May 8)
Matisyahu slates new CD for July, tour (Billboard, May 8)
Adam Yauch of The Beastie Boys dead at 47 of cancer (Rolling Stone, May 4)
April 2012
Lovato slates tour (Standard Time, April 26)
The Killers' touring sax player commits suicide (Las Vegas Weekly, April 26)
WNEW DJ Pete Fornatale dies at 66 (Billboard, April 26)
Beach Boys launch anniversary tour (Rolling Stone, April 25)
Antony, Solis, Chayanne announce tour (Billboard, April 23)
System of a Down, The Deftones join forces (Pollstar, April 23)
Dick Clark dead at 82 (New York Times, April 18)
Stolen Tom Petty guitars returned (Los Angeles Times, April 18)
Coachella happenings (Billboard, April 16)
Axl Rose won't attend Rock hall induction (Rolling Stone, April 11)
Green Day records trilogy (Standard Time, April 11)
Patti Smith announces first CD in eight years (Rolling Stone, April 1)
March 2012
Eric Lowen dies at 60 (New York Times, March 28)
Jet is grounded for good (Standard Time, March 27)
Aerosmith succumbs to global warming (Standard Time, March 26)
Maroon 5 plans June CD release (Rolling Stone, March 26)
Drake announces tour (Standard Time, March 22)
Coroner rules Whitney Houston drowned (New York Times, March 22)
One Direction makes history, announces tour (Standard Time, March 21)
Jay-Z tears it up at SXSW (Rolling Stone, March 13)
John Mayer cancels tour (Rolling Stone, March 9)
Fiona Apple unveils 23-word song title (Rolling Stone, March 7)
Queen Latifah to help launch singing competition (Rolling Stone, March 6)
Radiohead adds eastern shows (Rolling Stone, March 5)
Ronnie Montrose dies at 64 (SF Gate/AP, March 4)
Wiz Khalifa, Amber Rose engaged (Billboard, March 1)
February 2012
Davy Jones of The Monkees dead at 66 (Chicago Tribune, February 29)
Gaga visits Harvard (Boston Globe, February 29)
Foo Fighters cancel Japanese tour (Pollstar, February 28)
Coldplay plays Kimmel (Standard Time, February 23)
Depeche Mode founders reunite (Rolling Stone, February 23)
Nora Jones sets May for new CD (Standard Time, February 22)
Zombie, Megadeth announce tour (Standard Time, February 22)
Chris Brown, Rihanna reunite - for music (Billboard, February 21)
Singer/songerwriter Dory Previn dies at 86 (New York Times, February 14)
Whitney Houston dead at 48 (Rolling Stone, February 10)
Adam Levine starts label (Billboard, February 9)
Madonna sets tour (Billboard, February 7)
Metallica launches music fest (Standard Time, February 7)
Adam Lambert joins Queen (Rolling Stone, February 3)
Soul Train creator Don Cornelius dies (New York Times, February 1)
January 2012
Adele will sing at Grammys (MTV, January 31)
ABBA to release first new song in 18 years (Rolling Stone, January 25)
Springsteen announces tour (Billboard, January 24)
Eddie Vedder announces spring tour (Billboard, January 23)
Seal, Klum announce separation (CBS News, January 23)
Etta James dies (CNN, January 20)
Springsteen sets "Wrecking Ball" for March release, tour coming (Billboard, January 19)
R&B godfather Johnny Otis dies at 90 (New York Times, January 19)
Bruno Mars cleared of cocaine possession charge (Billboard/AP, January 18)
Jimmy Castor dies at 71 (New York Times, January 17)
Red Hot Chili Peppers delay tour (Standard Time, January 11)
Velvet Underground sue over banana infringement (New York Times, January 11)
Jay-Z, Beyonce: happy as parents (Rolling Stone, January 10)
Van Halen tattoos new song (Billboard, January 10)
Black Sabbath's Iommi has lymphoma (Billboard, January 9)
Etta James released from hospital (New York Times/ AP, January 5)
N'dour to run for president of Senegal (Rolling Stone, January 3)
Allmans announce New York residency (Rolling Stone, January 2)
Aretha Franklin gets engaged (AP, January 2)
